Wolt is a Helsinki-based technology company that provides an online platform for consumers, merchants and couriers. It connects people looking to order food and other goods with people interested in selling and delivering them. To enable this, Wolt develops a wide range of technologies from local logistics to retail software and financial solutions – as well as operating its own grocery stores under the Wolt Market brand. Wolt’s products include Wolt+ (subscription service for customers), Wolt for Work (meal benefits and office deliveries for companies), Wolt Drive (fast last-mile deliveries for merchants) and Wolt Self-Delivery (service for merchant partners with their own delivery staff). Wolt’s mission is to make cities better by empowering and growing local communities. Wolt was founded in 2014 and joined forces with DoorDash in 2022. DoorDash operates in 31 countries today, 27 of which are with the Wolt product and brand.

So, why work at Wolt?

At Wolt, We’re About Getting Things Done. You’ll probably enjoy it here if you like taking ownership, developing yourself and being around friendly, humble and ambitious people.

We work hard to make cities into better places, and it’s pretty cool seeing us grow every week. If you’re passionate about building things that just… work, Wolt might be for you.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We want to have all sorts of people in our team – people like you and me, and people different from you and me. To be able to work with diverse teammates – when it comes to gender, age, ethnicity, life background, sexual orientation, political views, religion, or any other personal trait – we consciously aim to offer equal opportunity for everyone to work with us. This is because we believe diverse teams make the most thought-through decisions and build things in the most inclusive way.

Join us today to build Wolt together.

Are you a leading Compensation professional poised to innovate and transform within a top global technology company? The Rewards team is expanding and we now seek a strategic but hands-on person with a proven track record in developing cutting-edge compensation frameworks. This role is tailor-made for those who excel (pun intended) in forging strong partnerships with business leaders to catalyze organizational success. If you're driven to create impactful change, let's shape the future together.

Role Overview

You will lead the strategic development and implementation of our diverse compensation programs—including salaries, bonuses, and equity to ensure alignment with our business goals and competitive positioning in the tech landscape. This critical role demands close collaboration with business leaders and HR Partners across various functions and regions, crafting innovative solutions to compensation challenges that support our strategic objectives, such as attracting and retaining top talent, ensuring pay equity, and maintaining market competitiveness. You will play a pivotal role in guiding and evolving Wolt’s compensation programs as we continue to scale, tackling known and emerging challenges with a solutions-focused approach. Your efforts will directly contribute to fostering a culture that values excellence, innovation, and fairness. Join us in shaping a rewarding work environment that stands out in the tech industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic partner to business leaders and HR, identifying and addressing compensation-related challenges with innovative solutions.
• Create and implement process improvements that support employee engagement and enablement. You’ll get to be creative, leveraging out of the box thinking to help deliver a best in class experience for employees and leadership.
• Present compensation insights to partners across the business
• Partner with department leaders, People Partners and recruiters on compensation related matters such as offers, promotions, and internal transfers
• Conduct market studies and analysis to ensure internal equity, external competitiveness, and alignment to our total rewards philosophy
• Support business needs through analysis during  the annual and mid-year review cycles
• Stay up-to-date with applicable employment-related statutory requirements regarding employee compensation.
• Work cross functionally to provide compensation analyses and other deliverables to our partners on the Finance and Legal teams and business leaders

• You can translate vision into executable strategy, have a keen ability to deliver against a plan with an operational mindset, and have a track record for designing, driving, managing and scaling compensation programs through policies, processes, and systems.
• You have exceptional stakeholder management skills; you pride yourself on building strong relationships that serve as one of the foundations of your leadership.
• You have strong compensation data analysis skills and are an expert storyteller who can present your findings to diverse audiences
• You understand equity compensation and can provide information to employees to help them understand this important component of pay
• You can apply change management and thrive in an evolving business while staying anchored to your goals and the Total Rewards strategy.
• You have a Bachelor's degree in economics, business, finance or HR discipline or a related field and at least 8+ years of experience focused on developing and scaling programs.
• You are proficient in data analysis tools (Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel) and modern HR solutions, with a preference for Workday experience.
• You have exceptional leadership and project management skills, capable of driving initiatives in a dynamic, evolving landscape.

Why Join Us?

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the compensation strategy of a leading global technology company. You'll have the chance to make a significant impact, ensuring our compensation practices not only attract but also retain the best talent, supporting our continued growth and success.

If you're ready to take on this challenging yet rewarding role, apply now to become our Senior Manager, Compensation. Help us drive forward our mission and contribute to our global success story.

You will fit into a truly diverse team across 27 countries - what really matters to us is a caring and welcoming environment where we embrace uniqueness and celebrate diversity. Experience a company culture where we work on eye level, decisions are made quickly and knowledge sharing, as well as mentoring, is on our daily agenda.